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What Is The Treatment For Severe Arthritis?
Hi My daughter has been suffering with server arthritis for over 6 years. She is almost bedridden. She is on her 5th failure of treatment of Biologiçs. She also takes immuran and pedison. She is only 25 and her health is falling. She is a patient of Dr. Purvis in Peterborough and also Dr. Inman at Toronto Western. She also has Cushions from all the seriods and has gone from a size 0 in her clothing to a overwhelming size of 2x. Can you please please please help. The treatment she has been on for over 5 years is killing her I wish she never started them. Is there anything we can do to begin to reverse the damage that has been done by talking these treatments. I pray you can help.
Thu, 26 Nov 2015
hi
This is really serious and if biologics have failed your rheumatologists may be looking for other auto-immune disorders,if not, should be with complete blood count, RH factor, anti-ccp,ESR, ASo,ANA, and IGg IGm-possibly they might have done that....withdrawl of steroids may be begun over a period of 2-3 weeks and reliance only on physical therapy.Amazing, there has been no remission in symptoms?- this should be pointing to look for other causes as well by rheumatologists--one may look to alternative therapies also like homeopathy,bichemic or ayurveda, just in case, some remedy may give symptomatic relief. But diagnosis should be ascertained first....
best wishes
This is really serious and if biologics have failed your rheumatologists may be looking for other auto-immune disorders,if not, should be with complete blood count, RH factor, anti-ccp,ESR, ASo,ANA, and IGg IGm-possibly they might have done that....withdrawl of steroids may be begun over a period of 2-3 weeks and reliance only on physical therapy.Amazing, there has been no remission in symptoms?- this should be pointing to look for other causes as well by rheumatologists--one may look to alternative therapies also like homeopathy,bichemic or ayurveda, just in case, some remedy may give symptomatic relief. But diagnosis should be ascertained first....
best wishes
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